Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has approved the extension of the N10,000 transport allowance granted to the state civil servants to cushion the effect of the removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government by another six months. The allowance, which was part of various interventions adopted by the state government at the wake of the deregulation policy in July ought to have ended in September. Speaking during a meeting with Permanent Secretaries in the state, Governor Abiodun disclosed that the extension would allow the state workforce to continue to cope with the effects of the subsidy removal. He…
Author: Khadijah Olowode
The people of Kogi West Senatorial District have called on well meaning sons and daughters of the senatorial district to take a second look at the recent activities of Senator Smart Adeyemi, and realise that he desperately needs their help to overcome the fear of the unknown, which they said had allegedly made him to start exhibiting what they described as “severe signs of depression”. The Kogi West leaders, in a statement in reaction to Adeyemi’s Channels TV interview on Wednesday, 18 October, 2023, said his utterances were totally devoid of logic, especially as regards a state “where he has…
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday, 18 October, 2023, laid the first foundation block for the development of Lagos Film City — an ecosystem of creative cinematography, tourism, leisure, entertainment and learning. The project, being sited on 100-hectares in Ejinrin town in Epe Division, is a legacy infrastructure initiated by the Sanwo-Olu administration to harness local talent and creativity to create new economic opportunities for talented youngsters in culture and entertainment industries. The State Government sealed a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) with entertainment investors facilitated by Del-York Group to develop the one-stop campus for learning, film production, post-production, visual effects, and other…
The Lagos Police Commissioner, Idowu Owohunwa, has removed the Meiran Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Tony Abutu, and no fewer than three other policemen for extorting N200,000 from a mobile phone engineer and dealer, Ibrahim Saliu. Abutu, who was removed less than 24 hours after a report on Saliu’s allegations against the three policemen was published, was said to have been accused by the Lagos CP of leadership dereliction and supervisory ineptitude. The removal was announced on Wednesday, 18 October, 2023 by the Command spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, through a short statement released on his official social media handle. According to him,…
The Senate on Wednesday, 18 October, 2023 confirmed the nominations of Mr. Ola Olukoyede and Mr. Muhammad Hammajoda, as Executive Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC and Secretary of the Commission respectively. Their confirmation came after being screened and allowed to address the upper legislative chamber at plenary. Olukoyede identified three focal areas and raised three posers as important thrusts of plying his new job. The three focal areas are : focus on the mandate of the EFCC, pursuit of transparency and accountability and building the image of Nigeria. To achieve these, he harped on the need for collective responsibility, greater emphasis on preventive frameworks…
The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, has issued a compelling call to action, urging all stakeholders in the Niger Delta region to unite and confront the complex challenges facing their communities. Ogbuku made this clarion call during a momentous meeting held at the Commission’s headquarters in Port Harcourt, where he welcomed a delegation from the Ijaw Youths Council, IYC, on a solidarity visit. The NDDC Chief Executive Officer reiterated the foundational principle of inclusiveness, underscoring the Commission’s mandate to foster sustainable development across all communities within the nine states comprising the Niger Delta…
An Israeli air strike hit Al-Ahli hospital in Gaza City today, Wednesday, 18 October, 2023, where thousands of civilians were seeking medical treatment and shelter from relentless attacks. Gaza health ministry says at least 500 casualties were confirmed in the hospital blast. Israel had earlier used chemical weapons on the Palestinian population based on verified video and witness accounts. White Phosphorus, the same chemical that America used during the secondbattle of Fallujah in Iraq in 2004, was used on Gaza’s population during the week. Washington has done everything in its power to provide Israel with carte blanche to wage a…
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has begun the prosecution of suspects for raising false alarms over alleged disappearances of genitals in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. The FCT commissioner of police, CP Haruna Garba, warned that the police would not condone the activities of alarmists who incite public disturbance with false claims for ulterior motives. Speaking through the Metro Police Area Commander, ACP Olabisi Davies, at a Stakeholders’ Engagement in Abuja, the police boss said that the Command had recorded cases of alleged disappearance of sexual organs and the escalating incidents of mob action by irate youths. The police…
In a twist of fate, a victim of alleged penis theft in Bauchi state has announced his recovery from the incident. PRNigeria reports that the Bauchi Police Command had paraded some suspects for allegedly playing a role in the manhood snatching incident. Meanwhile, in a video obtained by PRNigeria, the victim, Usman Sale, narrated how his body suddenly became numb after he shook hands with one of the suspects named Bitrus Yonana. Sale said he took a shower and stimulated himself in several ways for arousal but his efforts proved abortive and that was something he had never experienced. “I…
In the recent conversation between the former Governor of Rivers and the current FCT Minister, Bar. Nyesom Wike and the Israeli ambassador to Nigeria, Michael Freeman, there was no mention of Palestine’s attack on Israel or vice versa, let alone condemning it. Amidst the ongoing war between Palestine and Israel, a 6-minute and 16-second Hausa audio had emerged on WhatsApp claiming that Wike voiced his support for military attacks on Palestine, during a meeting with the Israel ambassador in Abuja. https://prnigeria.com/2023/10/13/wike-support-attack-palestine/ The audio with a post captioned “Wike Supports Attacks on Palestine” has been forwarded many times to numerous WhatsApp groups…